The Allen County commissioners canceled Friday s regular weekly meeting, so residents fighting a southeast-side location for a new jail held their own.
The Allen County commissioners say they are still open to other locations for a new county jail, but seven people voiced their anger Friday at the proposed southeast site.
Allen County commissioners will have to continue searching for more office space after their proposed $49 million department consolidation project died.
Even Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters doesn’t sound enthusiastic about the process that led to the hurried announcement of a site for the new county jail.
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